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The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires large UK businesses to publish a statement describing the activities they are undertaking to prevent slavery and human trafficking in their own business operations and supply chain.
The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act 2010, the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 and Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act has similar requirements for companies doing business in California and Australia respectively. Diageo’s statement fulfils the requirements of both acts and covers all group companies worldwide. and Australia respectively. Diageo’s statement fulfils the requirements of both acts and covers all group companies worldwide.
What is Diageo’s approach?
We are a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and committed to acting in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). We fully endorse and support the principles enshrined in the International Bill of Human Rights and the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
Diageo has a well-developed and embedded policy framework that addresses human rights, and specifically the risk of modern slavery. This framework details our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and to implementing and enforcing systems and controls to prevent modern slavery in our business and in our value chain. We are also committed to ensuring there is transparency in our approach to tackling modern slavery in our own business and throughout our value chain.
We expect the same high standards from all of our contractors, suppliers and other business partners, and we require our contractors and suppliers to comply with our policies and codes to combat the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery or servitude, whether adults or children. We expect our suppliers in turn to hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.
We have regular contact with our trading partners to check, as far as possible, that they are similarly committed to good practices in relation to their workforce and contractors.
Policies and training
Our policy framework addresses human rights, and specifically the risk of modern slavery, and is supported by training.
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